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2621 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Forehead.3
… nose-ring, not to an ornament of the forehead. While the cutting or tattooing of the body was strictly forbidden to the Israelite on account of the heathen …
2622 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Games.32
… a ring, or part of a ring, as in some heathen representations. The description of David's dance: he "danced before Yahweh with all his might .... leaping and dancing …
2623 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gazelle.3
… , lyrate, ringed horns, which may be a foot long. The general coloration is tawny, but it is creamy white below and on the rump, and has a narrow white line from above …
2624 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Glass.6
… neighbors. Rings, bracelets and anklets of glass are very common and were doubtless worn by the Hebrew women (see Isaiah 3:18 f). In the New Testament the Greek …
2625 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gold.8
… , 26 ), rings ( Genesis 24:22; 41:42; James 2:2 ). (3) Making and decorating objects in connection with places of worship: In the description of the building of the ark and …
2626 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Grate; Grating.2
… four rings through which the staves were passed by which the altar was borne ( Exodus 27:4, 7 ). If the ledge was for the priests to stand on while handling the sacrifices …
2627 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hittites.42
… 8 rings of silver, a great piece of white precious stone, and zagu wood." They were, however, still powerful, and further wars in Syria were waged by Amenophis II …
2628 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hook.2
… "). A ring (compare Exodus 35:22 ), put in the nose of a tamed beast and through which a rope is passed to lead him, is probably meant. (6) 'aghmon, is rendered "hook" in Job 41 …
2629 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hunting.5
… a ring or hook (chach) inserted in the jaws or nose ( 2 Kings 19:28 = Isaiah 37:29; Ezekiel 19:4, 9; 29:4; 38:4 ). From wild animals the brutal Assyrians transferred the custom …
2630 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Immortal; Immortality.47
… . The ring of this joyful hope is heard in every part of the apostolic writings. "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ," says Peter, "who according …
2631 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jewel.2
… to "ring" Septuagint here = "earring"), and both the English Revised Version and the American Standard Revised Version have "ring" in Ezekiel 16:12. The familiar …
2632 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Joab.16
… Homeric ring about it. He was a great man, great in military prowess and also in personal revenge, in his loyalty to the king as well as in his stern rebuke of his …
2633 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. John, the Epistles Of, Part 4-9.11
… Pauline ring than any utterance of the Fourth Gospel, or that the conceptions in the Epistle of propitiation, intercession, and cleansing, are presented …
2634 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Joseph (2).36
… signet "ring," the "chariot" and the outrunners who cried before him "Abrech." The exact meaning of this word has never been certainly ascertained, but its general …
2635 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Lamp; Lampstand.5
… and ring for hanging. Very elaborate designs in this material occur.
2636 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Locust.3
… ," "to ring" (compare Arabic call, "to give a ringing sound" (used of a horse's bit); compare also Arabic Tann, used of the sound of a drum or piece of metal, also of the humming …
2637 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Loop.2
… )): A ring or fold made of blue thread to fasten into the corresponding golden clasps, or taches upon the curtains of the tabernacle, joining them in sets, or pairs …
2638 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Luke, the Gospel of.20
… which ring so true to the soil and the Hebrew life. Immediately after Luke's statement about historical research comes the narrative of the birth of Jesus …
2639 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Mary.43
… undoubted ring of conscious authority and express the determination of one who wills the control of his own life--but it is a serious mistake to read into …
2640 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Messiah.42
… signet-ring, inseparable from Himself and the symbol of His authority ( Haggai 2:23 ). In the new theocracy, however the figure of the Messianic ruler falls into …